Life can be chaotic at a startup. You never know how long the company can milk its investment cash, and being acquired is a luxury most never experience. … Read more
This Startup Wants to Keep You From Losing People on Your Career Site
KC Donovan, a long-timer and conference-frequenter in the talent-acquisition and HR tech field, is leaving Clinch— and starting a new … Read more
Glassdoor Competitor Kununu Adds 2-Way Dialogue Option Between Employers and Job Seekers
Online employee reviews are becoming big business, for good reason. An iCIMS survey last year said nearly 1 in 3 workers have declined a job offer … Read more
Charging Job Seekers to Access Current Employees? Another Company Tries It
Ugh. Last year I wrote about a company called Purple Squirrel, which had just received funding to the tune of $2.7 million. I found its business model, … Read more
ZipRecruiter Acquires White Label Job Board Solution JobBoard.io
JobBoard.io is one of those under-the-radar success stories in our space. An overnight success, five years in the making. No big venture capital. No … Read more
Soapbox Will Help You Bridge the Gap Between Professionally Produced and Raw Recruiting Videos
Every now and then I’m pleasantly surprised at how much a blog post resonates with readers. While I may personally think the topics I cover are … Read more
This ‘Jobbing’ App Has Raised Over $1 Million Thanks To Its Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
I knew I’d eventually have to write something about cryptocurrencies and employment. I didn’t, however, think the first time would be covering … Read more
The App That Calls Itself ‘The Real Time Glassdoor’ Is Coming to Your Desktop
While most employers are familiar with Glassdoor and Indeed as platforms for submitting anonymous employee reviews, far less are familiar with Blind, a … Read more
Jobs2Careers Shuts Down ipply, Its Small Business Hiring App
Job search engine Jobs2Careers launched ipply in August 2016. The app, native to both iOS and Android mobile devices, promised to help small businesses … Read more
Recruiting Chatbot Market Remains Red Hot, Mya Raises $18 Million
The ongoing automation of recruitment marches on with Mya Systems, creator of Mya, securing $18 million in Series B funding last week. This follows a … Read more
Breezy HR Jumps Into Chatbot Recruiting Race with ‘Hello’
The bots are multiplying. Breezy, an applicant tracking solution from the folks who brought us Path.To, launches Hello today. Similar to other chatbot … Read more
This Actually Is Sounding Like the Uber of Recruiting
Many in the talent-acquisition field have joked about the number of times some startup has claimed to be either the “Uber of recruiting” or the “eHarmony … Read more
Crowded Promises to Bring Back the Dead with ‘Crowded Refresh’
It’s not quite October yet, but it’s never too early to bring back candidates from the dead. At least that’s what Crowded, a solution … Read more
Another Site for Using Contingent Workers Is On the Way
Yes, there are already sites in the hot contingent-worker management field we’ve mentioned before on these pages: Catalant, Sense, Toptal, … Read more
3 Critical Startup Roles (That Every Startup Forgets About)
How do you know which roles are going to help your startup grow? And more importantly, even if you did know the roles, how can you tell who’d be a great … Read more
A Startup You’ve Never Heard of Could Be a “Game Changer,” According to Some Big Names in Talent Acquisition
An obscure Brazilian startup is moving to Florida and along the way is impressing a couple of big names in the talent field. The startup’s founder … Read more
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Launches Job Board to Help Former Criminals Find Work
This news probably won’t end up in a movie deal starring Leo DiCaprio, but it’s certainly worth sharing here. In addition to being the original … Read more
Another Dating App Wants to Dethrone LinkedIn
The list of dating sites confident they can conquer the world of employment is long, and the list of failures and false starts is equally as long. Think of … Read more
Aussie Startup Vervoe Lands $1 Million to Take on America
Remember Crocodile Dundee from the ’80s? It’s about an Australian backwoodsman who comes to New York City and discovers the concrete jungle has … Read more
Another Recruiting Technology Launch, More on eHarmony, ZipRecruiter
A trio of tidbits for today: Vervoe is launching in the U.S. with a funding round of $1 million. For small/medium-size businesses and currently used by … Read more